People: Apr. 11, 1969

The confrontation between CBS censors and the Smothers Brothers was
bound to reach the showdown stage, especially after Tommy Smothers
proclaimed that he and Brother Dick were not about to mend their ways.
They refused to cut out such things as an antiwar song by Pete Seeger
and an off-color Romeo and Juliet skit. "We feel it's important," said
Tommy, "to stay and continue to push for new standards of broadcast
content." That same week, CBS-TV President Robert Wood wired the
brothers: "You are not free to use the show as a device to 'push for
new standards.' " The response,...